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'''Fuzzy Door Productions''' is the vanity company of Seth MacFarlane, the creator of ''Family Guy'' and ''The Orville'' as well as the co-creator of ''American Dad!'' and ''The Cleveland Show''. It was established in 1998 and did not use a logo until the following year, when ''Family Guy'' premiered.

'''Trivia:''' The name of the company and logo design comes from the leopard-printed fake fur-covered door to the house MacFarlane lived in when he was attending Rhode Island School of Design as an undergraduate in animation. This logo was designed by Cory Brookes, a friend and housemate of Seth's at the Fuzzy Door residence.

'''FX/SFX:''' None.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent, though the first two episodes of ''Family Guy'' have a brief ditty that resembles the theme song (except the DVD prints and Netflix's print of the second episode, although when the DVD's commentary for the first episode is turned on, you can hear it over the dialogue), possibly because Fox used split screen credits at the time (they still do, actually), so they wanted to give the logo closing music instead of it being silent. Some episodes of ''Family Guy'' have the last note of the show's theme song echo. ''The Winner'' has the end theme.

'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on most episodes of ''Family Guy'' (with the last episode to use this logo being "Absolutely Babulous"), as well as ''The Cleveland Show'', ''American Dad!'', ''Bordertown'', and the online series ''Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy''. It was also seen on the live-action shows ''The Winner'', ''Dads'', ''Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'', ''Blunt Talk'', and the first two seasons of ''The Orville'', as well as at the end of the films ''Ted'', ''A Million Ways to Die in the West'', the direct-to-DVD film ''Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story'', and ''Ted 2''. Some later episodes of ''Family Guy'' like "And Then There Were Fewer" and "Chris Cross" skip the logo, though the syndie prints of said episodes add this logo to it (8ACX01 syndie print only; 8ACX02 doesn't show it). Syndie prints of ''American Dad!'', ''The Cleveland Show'', and later episodes of ''Family Guy'' with this logo often skip it, possibly due to time. It was last used on the ''American Dad!'' episode "Cheek to Cheek: A Stripper's Story".

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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|darkblue|blue}} background, the words "FUZZY DOOR" are seen in white and spaced out. In between the two words is a stylized white door that's cracked open.

* An animated variant exists where the blue door opens and it turns white when the words are fading in against a dark blue gradient background. On ''American Dad!'' and certain episodes of ''Family Guy'', this variant is shortened.

* On ''Cosmos: Possible Worlds'', the logo is in a white background and appears in {{color|darkblue|blue}}.

 

'''FX/SFX:''' None for the still version. The door opening with the background rising for the animated version.

'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the end theme.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' Starting with Season 3 of ''The Orville'', subtitled ''New Horizons'', the logo has a 3-note trumpet fanfare with a choir singing "Fuzzy Dooooor...". Presumably composed by Walter Murphy.

'''Availability:''' Current. Debuted on the ''Family Guy'' episode "Peter & Lois' Wedding", and used in term with the previous logo until the end of April 2020. Also appears on ''Cosmos: Possible Worlds'', ''The At-Home Variety Show'', and newer episodes of ''American Dad!'' starting with "100 Years a Solid Fool". The animated version debuted on the ''Family Guy'' episode "Stewie's First Word". Some Season 20 episodes of ''Family Guy'', such as "80's Guy", don't use this logo, most likely due to time constraints. The music variant debuted on Season 3 of ''The Orville'', subtitled ''New Horizons'', and is also expected to be seen on future seasons of ''Family Guy'' and ''American Dad!'', as well as the upcoming animated reboot for ''Good Times'' and the television adaptation for ''Ted''. The still variant was recently seen on ''The End is Nye''.